The folk stories of Mid-Autumn Festival are very short.

The folk story of Mid-Autumn Festival is very short: In ancient times, Houyi made meritorious deeds in the sun, and the Queen Mother of the West gave her fairy medicine. On August 15th, Hou Yi took everyone hunting. His disciple Simon went to his house to steal medicine, and his wife Chang 'e swallowed it to protect the fairy medicine. Chang 'e ate the fairy medicine and flew uncontrollably to the sky. Later, Hou Yi only saw the disappearing Chang 'e, and later thought it was a good commemoration.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as "Mid-Autumn Festival", "Mid-Autumn Festival", "August Festival", "Moon Chasing Festival", "Moon Worship Festival", "Daughter's Day" and "Reunion Festival", is very popular among many ethnic groups in China. It is named because its value is only half that of Sanqiu.

It is said that the moon on this night is the biggest, roundest and brightest. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of drinking and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The daughter-in-law who goes back to her mother's house will go back to her husband's house every day to show her perfection, auspiciousness and celebration. It originated in ancient times, became popular in the Han Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty. It is called the four traditional festivals in China together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient Autumn Moon Festival.

The origin of festivals

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a confluence of many customs and events, such as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Association, the Moon Appreciation and the Legend of the Moon Palace. It originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty and finally settled in the Tang Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival is the autumnal equinox when ancient emperors worship the moon. Zheng Xuan's note in "Li Zhou Guan Chun Zong Bo Dian Rui": "The son of heaven always scores the morning sun in spring, and the autumn equinox is late in the moon".

"Biography of Historical Records of Xiaowu" quoted Ying Shao as saying: "The son of heaven shines in the spring, in the morning sun, in the autumn moon, worships the east gate of the sun, in the morning sun, and in the evening moon." Now the Moon Altar in Beijing, formerly known as the Late Moon Altar, is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed the moon at the autumnal equinox. Because there is not necessarily a moon on the night of the autumnal equinox, it is not a big spoil the fun, so people gradually put the autumnal equinox on the Mid-Autumn Festival.